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Palustris

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Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« on: May 30, 2018, 10:19:56 AM »
Anyone got a picture of the flowers of this silver sax. which they could post?
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2018, 12:13:57 PM »
Bart Moerland has one of 'Spotty Cotty' on his website: https://www.alpigena.com/silver-catalogue/silver-saxifrages-5/
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2018, 12:35:56 PM »
Thanks. Mine is not it, as the flowers are definitely all white.

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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2018, 01:55:31 PM »
I think I’ve got this one, but it has not flowered this year...  it’s in recovery having been swamped by a vigorous pulsatilla.  The latter was removed last year.  Next time it flowers I’ll take a photo, but it definitely had red spots on each sepal....

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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2018, 02:01:06 PM »
So is this Spotty Cotty?


And any idea as to this one which I had labelled as Spotty.



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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2018, 02:05:50 PM »
Quite possibly is. Just dodged a shower and took a photo of mine, or what I think I got with that name.  Foliage looks a bit different, but it does have one miserable flower on it, fwiw...
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2018, 02:07:25 PM »
These things are devilishly difficult to ID though...
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2018, 02:23:39 PM »
Ain't they just!!!!!

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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2018, 02:45:35 PM »
Side view of the unknown white flowered one.



Does that help with id?
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2018, 10:05:02 PM »
I’m no expert, wish mine was flowering so I could show you ...
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Re: Saxifraga Spotty Coty
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2018, 10:54:20 AM »
We think that the pure white one is a form of S. cotyledon, but there are dozens of them, all very similar.

 


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